Funny Games US

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Movie
German title Funny Games US
Original title Funny games
Country of production USA ,
UK ,
France ,
Austria
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length approx. 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Michael Haneke
script Michael Haneke
production Christian Baute ,
Chris Coen ,
Hamish McAlpine ,
Andro Steinborn ,
Naomi Watts
music Georg Friedrich Händel ,
Pietro Mascagni ,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ,
John Zorn
camera Darius Khondji
cut Monika Willi
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Funny Games US is an American - British - French - Austrian thriller from 2007. It was directed by Michael Haneke , who also wrote the screenplay. The film is a frame-by-frame remake of his 1997 film Funny Games .

action

Together with their son Georgie, Ann and George go to their vacation home on Long Island , where they want to take a vacation for a few days. There they meet Peter and Paul, who pretend to be the sons of a friend of the neighbors and appear very polite at first. But it soon becomes apparent that the duo's exaggerated friendliness is only a facade and part of a brutal cat-and-mouse game that begins with the harmless request for a few eggs.

When George later wants to expel the strangely behaving visitors from the house, fights break out and Peter knocks him down with a golf club. The family is now helplessly at the mercy of the strangers, who gradually turn out to be psychopaths and whose politeness stands in stark contrast to their pity. From then on, the nuclear family finds itself in a nightmare of violence and psychological terror that lasts until the next morning.

That evening, Paul bets that the family will not survive the next twelve hours. Ultimately, this announcement comes true and the perpetrators seem to have no rational motive for their cruel game.

Reviews

Derek Elley wrote in Variety magazine on October 22, 2007 that the film was just as shocking and manipulative as the first film; however, it is even more pointless. It works like a " cold, intellectual exercise " (" a cool, intellectual exercise "). The script does not give any insight into the psyche of the characters.

Georg Seeßlen gave the highest rating in epd Film 6.2008, p. 34, and stated that the experience of surviving the funny games films by the individual viewer “ cannot be repeated. "

The New York Times put it in the following words: " Michael Haneke has always been more interested in punishing the audience than entertaining them [...] Mr. Haneke probably regards that as a compliment [...] even the joy of our own masochism is what we want us to do to take. [...] Mr. Haneke somehow seems to be related to Eli Roth . "

If one believes Daniel Hui of the Bright Lights Film Journal , a significant part of the US-American criticism seems to have felt personally offended by the film - which is now "more relevant than ever ".

Der Spiegel : “ When pity comes to nothing: In 1997 Michael Haneke shocked with his film 'Funny Games' […] Now there is a US remake - but given today's uninhibited horror cinema, it almost seems nostalgic. "

Awards

Brady Corbet received the Young Hollywood Award in 2008 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in New York and Long Island . Its production amounted to an estimated 15 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on October 20, 2007 at The Times bfi London Film Festival . From January 19, 2008 screenings followed at the Sundance Film Festival . Screenings in select US and Canadian cinemas began on March 14, 2008; The film grossed around 1.3 million US dollars in cinemas in the United States. In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on May 29, 2008.

Web links

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  1. ↑ Release certificate for Funny Games US . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2008 (PDF; test number: 113 030 K).
  2. ^ Review by Derek Elley , accessed November 13, 2007
  3. ^ Georg Seeßlen : Funny Games US In: Filmzentrale. June 2008, accessed June 10, 2008 .
  4. ^ AO Scott: A Vicious Attack on Innocent People, on the Screen and in the Theater. In: The New York Times . March 14, 2008, accessed on February 4, 2009 (English): “Michael Haneke […] has always been more interested in punishing his audience than in entertaining it. [...] It is likely that Mr. Haneke would take the last two adjectives as praise [...] the kind that seeks to stop us from taking pleasure in our own masochism. [...] Mr. Haneke shows a certain kinship with someone like Eli Roth "
  5. ^ Daniel Hui: Fun and Games. In: Bright Lights Film Journal. August 2008, accessed on August 4, 2008 (English): “more relevant than ever. […] It is interesting how personally American critics have taken this new version of Funny Games […] "
  6. ↑ Christian Buß: Sadism for Nostalgics. In: Der Spiegel . May 29, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2009 .
  7. ^ Filming locations for Funny Games US, accessed November 13, 2007
  8. ↑ Funny Games US release dates , accessed May 21, 2008
  9. ^ Box office / business for Funny Games US, accessed May 21, 2008